Early Times ReportJammu, Sept 16: Congress is answerable to 40,000 deaths and Congress must apologize for those countless souls as well whole lives are ruined because of bad decisions taken by Congress leaders from time to time. Stated Union MoS, Anuurag Thakur, while he was addressing the BJP senior leaders at party headquarter, Trikuta Nagar. Union Minister was accompanied by BJP State President Ravinder Raina, MP Jugal Kishore Sharma, BJP State General Secretary (Org.) Ashok Koul, State General Secretary Yudhvir Sethi, Mayor JMC Chander Mohan Gupta, former Dy. CM Kavinder Gupta and other senior party leaders. BJP State Vice-President Pawan Khajuria, Pramod Kapahi, State Secretary Sanjay Baru, Pawan Sharma, Ajay Pargal, Praduman Singh, Parbhat Singh, Sanjay Khanna, Adv. Parimoksh Seth, Hari Om Sharma, Gorav Pargal and others also welcomed Anurag Thakur by offering bouquets, Mata Ki Chunri. Anurag Thakur said that it was only Prime Minister Narendra Modi who gave real freedom to people of J&K from discrimination and underdevelopment. Abrogation of Articles 370, 35-A will bring prosperity and new dawn of development in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, he added. Thakur, in his address, said that he is very happy to get the privilege to enter Jammu & Kashmir after the abrogation of controversial article. He said that people have witnessed the black time when the patriots were jailed for chanting Bharat Mata Ki Jai and hoisting the National Flag. We still remember the Tiranga Yatra of 1992 and similar many more Yatras afterwards and now we feel bit relaxed when the mission is fulfilled. Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh have been freed from bondage, he said.